The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Vasilii Filippovich Gerasimenko

Gerasimenko, Vasilii Filippovich

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of September 1900

† 13th of February 1961

(Василий Филиппович Герасименко)

Promotions

1937-08-08 Kombrig
1938-07-23 Komdiv
1939-11-04 Komkor
1940-06-04 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-01-XX 1936-04-XX Chief of Staff, 44th Rifle Division
1936-04-XX 1937-08-XX Chief of Staff, 95th Rifle Division
1937-08-XX 1938-08-XX Commanding Officer VIII Rifle Corps
1938-08-XX 1940-07-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Kiev Special Military District
1939-09-XX Acting Commander in Chief Kiev Special Military District
1940-07-11 1941-06-22 Commander in Chief Volga Military District
1941-06-22 1941-07-06 Commanding Officer 21st Army
1941-07-14 1941-07-26 Commanding Officer 13th Army
1941-09-XX 1941-11-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Reserve Front
1941-11-XX 1941-12-XX Assistant Commander in Chief of Rear Service
1941-11-26 1942-09-05 Commander in Chief Stalingrad Military District
1942-09-08 1943-11-30 Commanding Officer 28th Army
1944-01-27 1944-03-XX Commander in Chief Kharkov Military District
1944-03-XX 1945-07-08 Commander in Chief Kiev Military District
1944-03-XX 1945-10-XX People's Commissar of Defence, Ukraine SSR
1945-10-XX 1953-09-XX Deputy Commander in Chief Baltic Military District
1953-09-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin